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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 13, 2016 1:39:03 GMT -5
You guys have missed so much great stuff by not having the Frew editions available. Art by Wilson McCoy and later Sy Barry made decades of strips must reads.
We get a wide range of stories, old (30s thru 2000s) new and strips from other countries like the scandinavian editions AGS mentioned. Some are...of lesser quality...but usually its all worth the ride. They would really appeal to those of you who are into "done in one" stories.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 13, 2016 4:56:04 GMT -5
You guys have missed so much great stuff by not having the Frew editions available. Art by Wilson McCoy and later Sy Barry made decades of strips must reads. We get a wide range of stories, old (30s thru 2000s) new and strips from other countries like the scandinavian editions AGS mentioned. Some are...of lesser quality...but usually its all worth the ride. They would really appeal to those of you who are into "done in one" stories. Some are so-so, but the average quality is I'd say far above the US ones, at least the scandinavian ones. Though I must confess I haven't followed those since the late 90ies. I read those from 1987 to 1997 almost weekly, but since then it's only been every now and then. I can though say that the least interesting ones have always been the US reprints. It just seemed the europeans had more passion for the character. I don't know why, as it probably was just another job for the work for hire talent, but maybe it had to do with the non stop publishing of the mag every other week for over 60 years, and the fact that during all this time, Phantomen has been the number one comic magazine for youg teens over here. |
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Post by brutalis on Nov 23, 2016 14:22:56 GMT -5
Some Phantom Aparo goodness coming our way:
Jim Aparo's Complete The Phantom Hardcover – January 10, 2017
by Dick Wood (Author), Daniel Herman (Editor), & 1 more
See all formats and editions
Hardcover
$49.99
The great Jim Aparo, got his first big break with Charlton Comics and did stand-out work on The Phantom which garnered him praise throughout the industry. Now for the first time all of Aparo's Phantom stories and covers are collected in one volume which focuses on this great artist's outstanding work on The Ghost Who Walks. In addition to containing his complete work on the character, seven stories in all, this volume also contains Aparo covers for stories created by other artists as well. To top it all off there are extensive selections of Aparo's original art on the feature as well as a detailed essay and documentary materials. Don't miss it!
Series: The Phantom
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Hermes Press (January 10, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1613451105
ISBN-13: 978-1613451106
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1 x 10.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 23, 2016 17:04:06 GMT -5
Some Phantom Aparo goodness coming our way: Jim Aparo's Complete The Phantom Hardcover – January 10, 2017 by Dick Wood (Author), Daniel Herman (Editor), & 1 more See all formats and editions Hardcover $49.99 The great Jim Aparo, got his first big break with Charlton Comics and did stand-out work on The Phantom which garnered him praise throughout the industry. Now for the first time all of Aparo's Phantom stories and covers are collected in one volume which focuses on this great artist's outstanding work on The Ghost Who Walks. In addition to containing his complete work on the character, seven stories in all, this volume also contains Aparo covers for stories created by other artists as well. To top it all off there are extensive selections of Aparo's original art on the feature as well as a detailed essay and documentary materials. Don't miss it! Series: The Phantom Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Hermes Press (January 10, 2017) Language: English ISBN-10: 1613451105 ISBN-13: 978-1613451106 Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1 x 10.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds I wondered how they were going to make up for the relatively small body of work Aparo did on the Phantom. I love it; but, $50 for 192 pages just isn't economical. I have the stories and art; but wouldn't mind the extras; but, not at those prices. For those who have never read them, the Avon Phantom novels ( a portion of which were ghost-written by Ron Goulart) are excellent stories. A large chunk are adapted from the comic strips, then new ones were added. They make for great adventure and illustrate what worked about the character. he was a larger than life legend; but, he was a human being who had to work to take down his opponents. He used psychology as much as physical violence and was relatively bloodless. I have scans of everything from Gold Key on up, including the Wolf Press stuff, Moonstone and Hermes and have always enjoyed the character, from first seeing him in my grandparents newspaper (our paper didn't carry it) and Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter, from the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (a cartoon series, with pilot movies for potential new cartoons). Newton is still my favorite Phantom artist; he added a moodiness that a lot of the other artists lacked. Plus, Newton was a master of bodylanguage and facial expressions and could convey so much in his art, from atmosphere, to terror, to mystery, to action. "The Mystery of the Mali Ibex," from Phantom #70, gives Newton the chance to indulge in period detail and caricature, as the story is a big riff on Bogart movies. Newton gets to draw likenesses of Bogart, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Katherine Hepburn, and Tim Holt and does them well. Then, there is this beautiful cover:  and this truly awesome final Charlton issue...  |
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Post by brutalis on Nov 23, 2016 17:11:22 GMT -5
I'm hoping the price actually comes down a bit. I know sometimes the initial pricing's can be a bit higher until they see if there is more interest in buyers. Also a complete Newton collection isn't too much to hope for is it?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 18:36:44 GMT -5
What I have been reading Phantom-wis elately is the couple of "Lee Falk" written prose novels of the Phantom that came out in the late 60s and early 70s. I only have 2 currently...   both of which I have read in recent weeks. I always keep an eye out for more of these too. -M |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 23, 2016 22:57:15 GMT -5
What I have been reading Phantom-wis elately is the couple of "Lee Falk" written prose novels of the Phantom that came out in the late 60s and early 70s. I only have 2 currently... both of which I have read in recent weeks. I always keep an eye out for more of these too. -M I had the whole series and let them go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh, I was a moron. Thankfully, Hermes is reprinting those, in trade editions, complete with the George Wilson covers. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 23:01:47 GMT -5
I had a whole bunch of them I got for free from a library bookswap, but I too gave them away when I had to purge a bunch of stuff when I moved out of my folks house, so I feel the pain.
My only issue with the Hermes editions is that the msrp on those trade editions is higher than the "collector" prices I paid for the 2 I have (and I don't like paying collector prices on paperbacks usually).
-M
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 23, 2016 23:33:10 GMT -5
I had a whole bunch of them I got for free from a library bookswap, but I too gave them away when I had to purge a bunch of stuff when I moved out of my folks house, so I feel the pain. My only issue with the Hermes editions is that the msrp on those trade editions is higher than the "collector" prices I paid for the 2 I have (and I don't like paying collector prices on paperbacks usually). -M Yeah, I bought mine before the internet led to genre used book prices skyrocketing. I don't think I paid more than $5 for any of the books. I got the first one for like $3.50 (back in 1992ish), from Joseph Koch, Inc. (mail order comic dealer) Also where I got my Don Newton original art for a Black Terror pin-up, from a fanzine. |
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Post by brutalis on Nov 28, 2016 7:41:22 GMT -5
i lucked out and found the complete set of books at a used bookstore in the early 2000's. Read through them in a blaze of excitement and then buried them away. Need to drag them out into the sunlight once more now after so many years and read through slowly as to savor the jungle goodness. Once i finish up my chronological Tarzan read through then i will swing into action on some Phantom adventures.
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